I gave my youngest daugther a hug and kiss good bye, as I dropped her off for her second drop off at Playcentre. What a big girl! What’s a childless girl to do in 2 1/2 hours…..laundry? pay some bills? baking? Oh! Maybe fit in a “discovery date“!
Today, I went to my first photography exhibition at Toi Poneke Gallery in Able Smith Street.
It must be great for the photographers to get their work showcased like this!
The exhibition is called ‘Locale’, and it is a group show of images created by Lynda Garrod, Shaun Matthews and Kirsty Woods. It is showing until 12th February.
Photograph by Kirsty Woods
Then I noticed this shop across the road:
Outside the sign said “One of everything”. I was intriged, so I went inside.
As I navigated my way to the back room, I found this!
The prices are a bit more expensive than an opportunity shop…but you can’t deny that this place probably has EVERYTHING! And it’s vintage baby! 
Oh my! Look what I found on the record shelf….Wham! Bananarama, Madonna, and Boy George!
These mugs look exactly like the ones my grandparents had!
This is what I took home with me:
Is it bad that I bought it and I didn’t know what I was going to put in it? I was thinking those big yarn/rope balls would look cool in it.
It nearly ended up as a fruit bowl, but then I got selfish and wanted to keep it in my room. So now it holds all my notebooks that are too pretty to stay hidden away in a drawer Half of the notebooks are from my friend Shelly. I get to remember her whenever I see them now.
At the shop, I was quite tempted to buy the old glass milk bottles. Remember how we used to get them delivered to our letterbox? Gosh that was so long ago! Remember the little tokens that you would buy from the dairy?!
Thanks for the memories David N White Gallery! 
Oh! Look what arrive in my letterbox today:
Kellie from “Mere Motherhood“ sent it to me all the way from America because I won a quiz she did on her blog. Look at her cuuuute personalised card! And check out the customs declaration form…she declared “yummy chocolate”! I like her! I like her a lot! hahaha! Thank you Kellie!
We had one of those baskets at our house when I was a teenager…
you look like you’re having fun – your blog is really taking shape now and i, personally, am enjoying every read! (so cute to see those notebooks out on show like that – clever mika!
tried calling you today after your text but your phone was engaged. try again later?
What a fabulous find that shop is – such a treasure trove and so nice that you came home with something special to remind you of your discovery date and found a perfect use for the basket. I love gorgeous notebooks and have a few in a drawer that I periodically scribble random thoughts in.